TY - JOUR AU - Coromilas, Ellie AU - Que-Xu, Em-Claire AU - Moore, D’Vesharronne AU - Kato, Tomoko S. AU - Wu, Christina AU - Ji, Ruiping AU - Givens, Raymond AU - Jorde, Ulrich P. AU - Takayama, Hiroo AU - Naka, Yoshifumi AU - George, Isaac AU - Mancini, Donna AU - Schulze, P. Christian PY - 2016 DA - 2016/06/14 TI - Dynamics and prognostic role of galectin-3 in patients with advanced heart failure, during left ventricular assist device support and following heart transplantation JO - BMC Cardiovascular Disorders SP - 138 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Galectin-3 is a marker of myocardial inflammation and fibrosis shown to correlate with morbidity and mortality in heart failure (HF). We examined the utility of galectin-3 as a marker of the severity of HF, the response of galectin-3 levels to ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation or heart transplantation (HTx), and its use as a prognostic indicator. SN - 1471-2261 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-016-0298-z DO - 10.1186/s12872-016-0298-z ID - Coromilas2016 ER -